Structure Database (LMSD)
Common Name
Petroselinic acid
Systematic Name
6Z-octadecenoic acid
Synonyms
- 6-octadecylenic acid
- Petroselic acid
- 5-heptadecylene-1-carboxylic acid
- delta-5-octadecylenic acid
- cis-6-octadecenoic acid
- C18:1n-12
3D model of Petroselinic acid
Please note: Where there are chiral atoms but the stereochemistry is undefined, the 3D model takes an arbitrary conformation
Classification
Category
Main Class
Sub Class
Biological Context
cis-Petroselinic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid and isomer of oleic acid that is a component of plant lipids.1 Arachidonic acid levels decrease, while linoleic acid levels increase, in the heart, liver, and blood of rats fed a diet containing petroselinic acid.2 It has been used in a composite membrane as a model of plant partitioning to study the uptake of hydrophobic organic contaminants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.1 It has also been used as a substrate for the synthesis of new sophorolipids, which could have biological activities similar to natural biosurfactants.3
This information has been provided by Cayman Chemical
References
1. Delbeke, E.I.P., Everaert, J., Uitterhaegen, E., et al. Petroselinic acid purification and its use for the fermentation of new sophorolipids. AMB Express. 6(1), 28 (2016).
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String Representations
InChiKey (Click to copy)
CNVZJPUDSLNTQU-SEYXRHQNSA-N
InChi (Click to copy)
InChI=1S/C18H34O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h12-13H,2-11,14-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)/b13-12-
SMILES (Click to copy)
C(=C/CCCCCCCCCCC)/CCCCC(=O)O
Other Databases
Wikipedia
KEGG ID
CHEBI ID
LIPIDBANK ID
DFA0105
PubChem CID
PlantFA ID
SwissLipids ID
Cayman ID
PDB ID
Calculated Physicochemical Properties
Heavy Atoms
20
Rings
0
Aromatic Rings
0
Rotatable Bonds
15
Van der Waals Molecular Volume
332.26
Topological Polar Surface Area
37.30
Hydrogen Bond Donors
1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
2
logP
6.11
Molar Refractivity
87.09
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